In the wake of the 2008 and 2011 FDA public health notification, a slew of complications and side effects have been attributed to transvaginal mesh. Some have claimed that transvaginal mesh can be the stimulus for developing an autoimmune disease.…

Treating Interstitial Cystitis/Painful bladder syndrome (IC) poses a challenge to all practitioners. What works for some might not work for others. IC is characterized by urinary frequency, urinary urgency, nocturia combined with bladder and pelvic pain. The different causes of …

We have posted a couple of blogs both from the physician’s perspective and the patient’s perspective regarding MonaLisa Vaginal laser therapy for genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). GSM is a fancy term used to describe symptoms that roughly half of …

So, here’s the deal. Some women with prolapse are bothered by the symptoms but don’t want to have surgery because they don’t want the hassle, the expense (depending on how high their deductible is) or they are scared about possible …

In a previous post, we gave you a physician’s perspective on the MonaLisa Touch as a treatment option for vaginal atrophy. This month, we asked one of our patients to write a blog giving her perspective. She wrote …

You’ve made it through surgery. You thought it was going to be straightforward. After all, it’s just a twenty-minute outpatient procedure. Your surgeon said you would only be off work for a couple of days. So, what went wrong and …

The only way to adequately address the topic of transvaginal mesh is to face it head on. I know there are patients out there who have had a midurethral sling* with mesh that resulted in complications. Those individuals may …

My training as an OB/GYN did not completely prepare me for the world of vaginal lubricants and moisturizers. I recently came across an excellent panel discussion in OBG Management that included a colleague (Lisa Larkin, MD) and a former medical …